Rhymes for CUTOFFS

• Something that has been rejected or discarded; a reject.

• an unauthorized copy or imitation

• the act of laying off an employee or a work force

• To kill.

• To switch off.

• the final payment of a debt

• payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing

• any final competition to determine a championship

• A bad deal; an unfair or exorbitant price or rate.

• A theft or robbery.

• A scam.

• A copy, especially one that is illegal or inferior.

• a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade

• An offshoot.

• An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.

• By-product.

• A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.

• The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.

• a departure; especially of airplanes

• the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne

• a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

• humorous or satirical mimicry

• an exchange that occurs as a compromise

• to take off from the body or head

• showing your contempt by derision

• laugh at with contempt and derision

• treat with contemptuous disregard

• a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

• exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

• a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

• a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

• a concave shape with an open top

• a treasury for government funds

• a long narrow shallow receptacle

• a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

• A party for a person (i.e. a fellow employee) who is leaving; a farewell party.

• A party to recognize the passing (death) of a friend and allow survivors to reminisce about the person's life.

• showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages

• suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced by a rival

• on the positive side or higher end of a scale

• a useful or valuable quality

• the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of two or more numbers

• involving advantage or good

• an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

• what something is used for

• the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose

• propose or intend

• reach a decision

• North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

• having no beneficial use or incapable of functioning usefully

• a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

• pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

• the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

• bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

• deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

• frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

• any light downy material

• something of little value or significance

• a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• erect or fluff up

• ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

• a state of irritation or annoyance

• inhale recreational drugs

• blow hard and loudly

• a warm tubular covering for the hands

• (sports) dropping the ball

• fail to catch, as of a ball

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• a short light gust of air

• a light inflated pastry or puff shell

• exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes)

• bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together

• a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin

• thick cushion used as a seat

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

• gathered for protruding fullness

• smoke and exhale strongly

• suck in or take (air)

• breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

• make proud or conceited

• praise extravagantly

• speak in a blustering or scornful manner

• to swell or cause to enlarge

• blow hard and loudly

• having or caused by an irregular surface

• of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped

• causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

• not shaped by cutting or trimming

• the part of a golf course bordering the fairway where the grass is not cut short

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (of persons or behavior) lacking refinement or finesse

• not quite exact or correct

• full of hardship or trials

• violently agitated and turbulent

• unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• not carefully or expertly made

• not perfected

• unpleasantly stern

• unkind or cruel or uncivil

• prepare in preliminary or sketchy form

• an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

• a high tight collar

• common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

• (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit

• play a trump

• the back side of the neck

• involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• inspiring scornful pity

• so unreasonable as to invite derision

• broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce

• shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

• confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

• a female actor

• eagerly desirous

• causing or fraught with or showing anxiety

• anything that tends to arouse

• an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output

• a field on which the buildings of a university are situated

• a heavy, closely woven fabric

• an oil painting on canvas fabric

• the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

• a tent made of canvas fabric

• a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

• the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete

• cover with canvas

• marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful

• effortless and unstudied

• (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration

• any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

• a group of people assembled to sing together

• the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

• a body of dancers or singers who perform together

• a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play

• utter in unison

• sing in a choir

• everything that exists anywhere

• any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals

• female equivalent of a count or earl

• oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them

• invulnerable to fear or intimidation

• characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

• characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects

• exhibiting courtesy and politeness

• disposed to bestow favors

• the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence

• unusual largeness in size or extent or number

• without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success

• of a person unable to do something skillfully

• certain to fail

• (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform

• a one-way peephole in a door

• (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless

• (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver

• someone who betrays under the guise of friendship